SNAPPED: Man Utd stars Di Maria, Rojo and Valdes on night out with rival City players

GOALKEEPER'S UNION: Valdes and Caballero spent the evening together [EAMONN AND JAMES CLARKE]

United ran out 4-2 winners in the Old Trafford clash to cement their place above their neighbours in the Premier League table.

But it was all smiles last night as the likes of Angel Di Maria and Pablo Zabaleta mingled at a Manchester restaurant.

PALS: Zabaleta (left) chats with United duo Valdes and Di Maria [EAMONN AND JAMES CLARKE]

The Argentine duo were joined by countrymen Marcos Rojo, Martin Demichelis and Willy Caballero with Spaniard Victor Valdes also in attendance.

The three United and three City players dined for four hours along with their partners at San Carlo's Italian Restaurant in the city centre, before departing just after midnight.

ARGIE BARGY: United and City's south American stars dined along with Spaniard Valdes [EAMONN AND JAMES CLARKE]

Di Maria, Rojo and Valdes had little to cheer about on Saturday, as their feint Premier League title hopes were extinguished after a 1-0 defeat at Chelsea.

However, the City trio of Zabaleta, Demichelis and Caballero had a return to form to toast after they got their Champions League qualification campaign back on track with a routine 2-0 win over West Ham.

TEAM-MATES: Demichelis and Zabaleta were joined by City pal Caballero [EAMONN AND JAMES CLARKE]